On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from around the world met privately at the luxurious AndazTokyoToranomon Hills. Among several others, the Western envoy included notable influencers Ivy Ejam (@IvyEjam), Motivational author and founder of @Mindingherbusiness & @GoddessEmpowered, Lousine Karibian, founder of The World Networks, a platform that connects millions of entrepreneurs through its world class networking events while supporting charitable and environmental programs in communities around the world. The Arion Group, an investment management company was also a primary sponsor. Arion is a full service management firm for MLB and NFL players as well as wealthy individuals. The group offers unique services in wealth management (tax consulting, retirement planning, and estate planning) and investment advisement through its daughter company Arion Capital, a hedge fund based in NYC.
Guests networked with each other over an ambience of classical music and sublime conversation. Translators were adorned in the traditional Kimono dress of Japan. Several influencers and celebrities from the Asia region attended including, notably Chizuko Yahagi founder of Tradition Japan a luxury Kimono brand that has graced top fashion shows around the world and exhibited select pieces as worn by our professional translators. Rupin Lentini broadcasted to over 4.2 million Chinese viewers. In 2017, the Chinese government gave Rupin the distinction of Excellence for Overseas Chinese. She has become an icon whose personal commemorative stamps have been issued throughout the country. She founded the restaurant, Ristrante da Ninoâ€, with her husband. Mr. Yang Ning, one of the most active angel investors in the region who recently began focusing on investments related to artificial intelligence and the entertainment industry spoke on what was next in the technology space. Respected and notable attendee included investor Isao Ichikawa, the director of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, advisor of MIKI Corporation, former SeniorExecutive Director of The Mitsubishi Bank and the Deputy President/Chairman of Nikon Corp.CEO of Tribe Network International Olumide Gbenro, shared his vision for Tribe Network International and how it would connect the top entrepreneurs in every major city in the world and emphasized his goal of identifying the most successful, diverse and influential in these cities. Along with the Los Angeles branch, Tokyo will become one of the primary cities for the Tribe networking meetings. The group will hold Tribe Tokyo II in early September with the details soon to be announced.
Media coverage included L.A. StyleMagazine, L.A.STYLE is the official go-to source for insight on leading businesses and emerging products in high-fashion, luxury living, wellness, finance, and travel. @HollywoodGlam Magazine which covers the latest celebrity news in Los Angeles and throughout the world in various topics including sports, fashion and red carpet events also covered the event. Talented Videographers Jalil Butron and Hans Bobanovits provided Video & Photo coverage.
Sponsorships are available for Tribe Tokyo II in September and have several valuable perks including reaching this rare audience and making media impressions of 1 million plus in this region and potential sponsors are encouraged to apply. Tribe Network is currently accepting new members to this private group. Inquiries can be made to Laura@TheTribeLosAngeles.com
SocialLinks:
Facebook.com/TribeNetworkInternational
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Official Hashtags
#TribeTokyo
#TribeLosAngeles
#TribeNetwork

published:30 Jun 2017

views:108

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world's largest banking group - a giant with more than one trillion (t) U-S dollars in assets.
The banks said they would consolidate overseas branches as soon as possible in creating the alliance, to be implemented over the next two years.
In a joint statement, they said they expected to reduce the combined number of branches by 150 within five years after forming a joint holding company.
Over the same time period, the banks pledged to reduce the combined payroll by six-thousand people.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
"The new group aims to become one of the top five strong players in the global financial market as the representative of Japan by achieving substantial improvement in efficiency and enhancing competitiveness with this combination of the strengths of each bank in different business areas and product lines."
SUPERCAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Repeated comparisons by the Japanese media was made to the Citigroup merger last year between Citibank and Travelers Group in the United States, underlining the view that the move was part of a larger international trend.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business daily, said the shakeup was inevitable due to the current state of its financial industry.
Reflecting a widely-held opinion, the Nihon Keizai said there were simply too many banks in Japan - with 17, counting just the ones at the top.
The expected alliance would allow the banks to put their retail banking, investment banking and brokerage subsidiaries under common management and cut costs by combining overlapping businesses.
The banks will also be able to cut back on information technology investment.
One obstacle to the deal, however, may come from the Fair Trade Commission, which will be carefully studying the alliance to see whether it would violate the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The commission declined to comment on whether it was consulted by the three banks in advance about their collaboration.
If an inquiry is held, the commission will look at the combined shares of units to come under the wing of a planned holding company, as well as the impact on overall competition in the financial sector.
The bank groups maintain that restructuring their relationship with each other demonstrates they are willing to tackle the country's financial woes head on.
SOUNDBITE (Japanese)
"I would like to seek your understanding on this reorganization not as the defensive action, but rather as the offensive measure."
SUPER CAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Critics are skeptical that simply creating a bigger bank would not solve Japan's economic problems.
Some believe Japanese banks need to cut down on thousands of excessive employees and keep up with their Western competition by coming up with attractive new financial products.
and woefully low profit margins.
SOUNDBITE (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst H-S-B-C Securities
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published:21 Jul 2015

views:102

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The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

published:24 Sep 2007

views:2886

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online system for payments and settlements with the private sector.
The BOJ-NET connects the central bank with more than 500 financial institutions to handle fund transfers between current accounts, settlements of foreign exchange transactions and government-bond services.
The JapaneseBankers Association ran tests of its Data CommunicationsSystem of All Banks, which handles credit transfer data.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Securities DealersAssociation, which runs the over-the-counter stock market, tested connections between their computer trading systems and computers at securities companies.
They are planning to run similar tests on Monday.
Prime MinisterKeizo Obuchi on Sunday said that no major problems related to the Y-2-K glitch were reported in key services as the country moved into the new year.
However, he urged his people to stay as vigilant as the government to avoid any major problem that may be caused by the Y2K-related computer glitch.
After Obuchi's announcement, some problems were reported to the prime minister's Y2K headquarters.
The government said some might be connected to the Y2K bug, but none was serious.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reported that some of its systems displayed "100" instead of "00" when the year changed but said operations were not affected.
At East Japan Railway, the nation's largest rail company, a Y2K-related computer glitch caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working in 13 stations for part of New Year's Day.
The machines have now been fixed.
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As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, check out part one and two of our interviews with Hustle Gang (including the gorgeous & talented, Tokyo Jetz).
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On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from around the world met privately at the luxurious AndazTokyoToranomon Hills. Among several others, the Western envoy included notable influencers Ivy Ejam (@IvyEjam), Motivational author and founder of @Mindingherbusiness & @GoddessEmpowered, Lousine Karibian, founder of The World Networks, a platform that connects millions of entrepreneurs through its world class networking events while supporting charitable and environmental programs in communities around the world. The Arion Group, an investment management company was also a primary sponsor. Arion is a full service management firm for MLB and NFL players as well as wealthy individuals. The group offers unique services in wealth management (tax consulting, retirement planning, and estate planning) and investment advisement through its daughter company Arion Capital, a hedge fund based in NYC.
Guests networked with each other over an ambience of classical music and sublime conversation. Translators were adorned in the traditional Kimono dress of Japan. Several influencers and celebrities from the Asia region attended including, notably Chizuko Yahagi founder of Tradition Japan a luxury Kimono brand that has graced top fashion shows around the world and exhibited select pieces as worn by our professional translators. Rupin Lentini broadcasted to over 4.2 million Chinese viewers. In 2017, the Chinese government gave Rupin the distinction of Excellence for Overseas Chinese. She has become an icon whose personal commemorative stamps have been issued throughout the country. She founded the restaurant, Ristrante da Ninoâ€, with her husband. Mr. Yang Ning, one of the most active angel investors in the region who recently began focusing on investments related to artificial intelligence and the entertainment industry spoke on what was next in the technology space. Respected and notable attendee included investor Isao Ichikawa, the director of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, advisor of MIKI Corporation, former SeniorExecutive Director of The Mitsubishi Bank and the Deputy President/Chairman of Nikon Corp.CEO of Tribe Network International Olumide Gbenro, shared his vision for Tribe Network International and how it would connect the top entrepreneurs in every major city in the world and emphasized his goal of identifying the most successful, diverse and influential in these cities. Along with the Los Angeles branch, Tokyo will become one of the primary cities for the Tribe networking meetings. The group will hold Tribe Tokyo II in early September with the details soon to be announced.
Media coverage included L.A. StyleMagazine, L.A.STYLE is the official go-to source for insight on leading businesses and emerging products in high-fashion, luxury living, wellness, finance, and travel. @HollywoodGlam Magazine which covers the latest celebrity news in Los Angeles and throughout the world in various topics including sports, fashion and red carpet events also covered the event. Talented Videographers Jalil Butron and Hans Bobanovits provided Video & Photo coverage.
Sponsorships are available for Tribe Tokyo II in September and have several valuable perks including reaching this rare audience and making media impressions of 1 million plus in this region and potential sponsors are encouraged to apply. Tribe Network is currently accepting new members to this private group. Inquiries can be made to Laura@TheTribeLosAngeles.com
SocialLinks:
Facebook.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Instagram.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Official Hashtags
#TribeTokyo
#TribeLosAngeles
#TribeNetwork

2:28

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world's largest banking group - a giant with more than one trillion (t) U-S dollars in assets.
The banks said they would consolidate overseas branches as soon as possible in creating the alliance, to be implemented over the next two years.
In a joint statement, they said they expected to reduce the combined number of branches by 150 within five years after forming a joint holding company.
Over the same time period, the banks pledged to reduce the combined payroll by six-thousand people.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
"The new group aims to become one of the top five strong players in the global financial market as the representative of Japan by achieving substantial improvement in efficiency and enhancing competitiveness with this combination of the strengths of each bank in different business areas and product lines."
SUPERCAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Repeated comparisons by the Japanese media was made to the Citigroup merger last year between Citibank and Travelers Group in the United States, underlining the view that the move was part of a larger international trend.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business daily, said the shakeup was inevitable due to the current state of its financial industry.
Reflecting a widely-held opinion, the Nihon Keizai said there were simply too many banks in Japan - with 17, counting just the ones at the top.
The expected alliance would allow the banks to put their retail banking, investment banking and brokerage subsidiaries under common management and cut costs by combining overlapping businesses.
The banks will also be able to cut back on information technology investment.
One obstacle to the deal, however, may come from the Fair Trade Commission, which will be carefully studying the alliance to see whether it would violate the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The commission declined to comment on whether it was consulted by the three banks in advance about their collaboration.
If an inquiry is held, the commission will look at the combined shares of units to come under the wing of a planned holding company, as well as the impact on overall competition in the financial sector.
The bank groups maintain that restructuring their relationship with each other demonstrates they are willing to tackle the country's financial woes head on.
SOUNDBITE (Japanese)
"I would like to seek your understanding on this reorganization not as the defensive action, but rather as the offensive measure."
SUPER CAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Critics are skeptical that simply creating a bigger bank would not solve Japan's economic problems.
Some believe Japanese banks need to cut down on thousands of excessive employees and keep up with their Western competition by coming up with attractive new financial products.
and woefully low profit margins.
SOUNDBITE (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst H-S-B-C Securities
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3:27

Day in the Life of a Corporate Banker | J.P. Morgan

Day in the Life of a Corporate Banker | J.P. Morgan

Day in the Life of a Corporate Banker | J.P. Morgan

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Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum (S-09-E)

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

1:23

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online system for payments and settlements with the private sector.
The BOJ-NET connects the central bank with more than 500 financial institutions to handle fund transfers between current accounts, settlements of foreign exchange transactions and government-bond services.
The JapaneseBankers Association ran tests of its Data CommunicationsSystem of All Banks, which handles credit transfer data.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Securities DealersAssociation, which runs the over-the-counter stock market, tested connections between their computer trading systems and computers at securities companies.
They are planning to run similar tests on Monday.
Prime MinisterKeizo Obuchi on Sunday said that no major problems related to the Y-2-K glitch were reported in key services as the country moved into the new year.
However, he urged his people to stay as vigilant as the government to avoid any major problem that may be caused by the Y2K-related computer glitch.
After Obuchi's announcement, some problems were reported to the prime minister's Y2K headquarters.
The government said some might be connected to the Y2K bug, but none was serious.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reported that some of its systems displayed "100" instead of "00" when the year changed but said operations were not affected.
At East Japan Railway, the nation's largest rail company, a Y2K-related computer glitch caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working in 13 stations for part of New Year's Day.
The machines have now been fixed.
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Tokyo Jetz - "Sunshine Baby" (Official Music Video)

As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, check out part one and two of our interviews with Hustle Gang (including the gorgeous & talented, Tokyo Jetz).
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Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

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Ameyoko (Ameya Yokochō) ,Tokyo | Japan Travel Guide

Ameyoko (Ameya Yokochō) ,Tokyo | Japan Travel Guide

Ameyoko (Ameya Yokochō) ,Tokyo | Japan Travel Guide

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ႊVery first online banking for Ayawaddy Bank.

ႊVery first online banking for Ayawaddy Bank.

ႊVery first online banking for Ayawaddy Bank.

The central allowed online banking service for local Ayawaddy Bank in 17, June, 2014. And it is the very first in Myanmar among other local banks: 22 private banks.
Now Myanmar local banks are preparing their bank services, technology and system because of foreign banks that will be allowed branches in Myanmar in this year according to U Hset Aung, the vice chairman of Central Bank of Myanmar.

1:45

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi fined $315m

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi fined $315m

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi fined $315m

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) has been fined $315m (£200m) by US authorities for watering down a report about transactions involving Iran and other sanctioned countries.
Key warnings were removed from the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), due to pressure from BTMU employees, New York State regulators found.
One BTMU employee resigned following the investigation.
Two others were banned from working with any New York banks.
"It is clear that we - as a regulatory community - must work aggressively to reform the cozy relationship between banks and consultants, which far too often has resulted in shoddy work that sweeps wrongdoing under the rug," said Benjamin Lawsky, New York's superintendent of financial services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which prepared the report, found that BTMU had been telling employees to remove information from messages that would have triggered compliance alerts.
In an earlier draft of its report PwC highlighted the significance of that discovery.
But later, at the bank's request, PwC replaced that section, according to the investigation.
The NewYorkState investigation also found that other important information was removed from the PwC report, at the request of BTMU. That included:
An English translation of BTMU's instructions to employees which referenced the bank doing business with "enemy countries" of the US
most of PwC's discussion about the bank's manipulation of messages
a section that discussed how BTMU disguised messages by using characters in names. For example SUD#N.
The latest fine is in addition to a $250m fine BTMU agreed to in June 2013, for conducting billions of dollars of transactions for governments and private bodies in Iran, Sudan and Myanmar.
Responding to the latest fine BTMU said it is "committed to conducting business with the highest levels of integrity and regulatory compliance, and to continually improving its policies and procedures."​

Princes of the Yen: Central Bank Truth Documentary 『円の支配者』

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film.
“Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is.
“Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”
A film by MichaelOswald
You can follow Richard Werner (Author of the Book) on Twitter at @ProfessorWerner
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“Mastery of filmmaking. An engaging and dynamic narrative supported by visual aesthetics” - SimeonRoberts - Film Critic, http://filmgods.co.uk/
"Essential viewing if you've any interest at all in economics or politics" - SteveMorrisseyFilm Reviwer & Critic, http://www.moviesteve.com/review-princes-of-the-yen-2014/
“Blows open the widely held consensus that ‘independent’ central banks are a force for economic good." Josh Ryan-Collins - New Economics Foundation and co-author of “Where DoesMoney Come From?"
"A fascinating look at the need for better public understanding of just how much money can affect the world we live in.” Ben Dyson - Founder Positive Money & co-author of ‘Modernising Money’
Website: http://princesoftheyen.com/
How central banks create money: http://princesoftheyen.com/central-bank-money-creation/

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

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Japan yakuza and banks: Mobster connections?

Japan yakuza and banks: Mobster connections?

Japan yakuza and banks: Mobster connections?

As Japanese authorities widen their investigation into ties between financial institutions and organized crime, an investigative reporter says the current allegations have left with a sense of "déjà vu."
"In 2004, Citibank (Japan) lost their private banking license because they were allowing yakuza to do many complex transactions," Jake Adelstein, author of "Tokyo Vice" and an expert on Japan's mafia -- known as the yakuza -- told CNN. "They got spanked in 2009 for failing to update their databases and allowing yakuza to do business with them again.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country's financial regulator, will send inspectors to Japan's three largest banks -- Mizuho Bank, Tokyo MitsubishiUFJ Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank -- to "review over their corporate governance, legal compliance and overall risk management," said Hiroki Kato, director of the Inspection Bureau of the FSA. The on-site inspections are scheduled to begin next week.

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Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

TOKYO (AP) - Troubled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in its attempt to sell its lucrative memory chip business.
Tokyo-based Toshiba said Wednesday the board of directors selected the consortium of InnovationNetwork Corp. of Japan, Bain CapitalPrivate Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder in the sale of Toshiba Memory Corp.
Toshiba recently sank into deep losses that threaten its survival and it has been selling off pieces of its operations. Its U.S. Westinghouse nuclear operations have racked up massive red ink.
The board's decision still needs shareholders' approval.
Western Digital of the U.S., which has acquired some SanDisk chip operations, including a joint venture with Toshiba in Japan,

Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy 's most important living artist. A painter of semiabstract impressionist works; he is a stunning colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife. Like the great impressionists of a century ago, Simbari's paintings are drenched in light and energy, but provide new definition through his intensity of vision and dramatic technique.
Born in Calabria , Italy , Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers. As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican . The City's Renaissance masterpieces and the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel so moved Simbari that, before his 13th birthday, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. At 22, he opened his first studio in Rome . Influenced by the sights and sounds of his childhood, Simbari's early works featured gypsies, cafe settings, fishing villages, and rustic scenes of the Italian countryside. The youthful artist knew success almost immediately, and within months of a one-man show in London , he was awarded the coveted commission to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels . He solidified his place in the art world with his show "Le Cirque," which skillfully reproduced the same excitement on canvas as can be felt at an electrifying circus performance.
The show was highly acclaimed in Paris , New York , Chicago , and Los Angeles . "When I paint, I'm like a writer," Simbari states, "I must have something to say. My paintings are like entries in a diary because they are all reactions to things I have seen or felt." Simbari holds a pivotal place in today's international art scene.
His works can be found in numerous museums and private and corporate collections the world over, including the Bank of Tokyo, Paris; Christian DiorCollection, Paris; Italian State Railways, Rome; Liberty Company, London; Bank of Commerce, Tulsa; CincinnatiFine ArtsDepartment, Cincinnati; Exxon Corporation, New York; General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis; Pepsico, New York; to name just a few. MajorAmerican and English critics have called Simbari "thoroughly disarming"; one who paints "boldly and in a state of excitement"; "whose personal enthusiasm and enormous zest for life have much the same infectious appeal as do his paintings."

おもてなし婚の秘訣（Fish Bank TOKYO）

On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from aro...

published: 30 Jun 2017

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world'...

published: 21 Jul 2015

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published: 19 Oct 2015

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

published: 16 Mar 2017

Wealth Management Japan Promo

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum (S-09-E)

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

published: 24 Sep 2007

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online sys...

Tokyo Jetz - "Sunshine Baby" (Official Music Video)

As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, ...

SANYA, Tokyo, Broken city

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson...

published: 04 Jan 2013

Ameyoko (Ameya Yokochō) ,Tokyo | Japan Travel Guide

Ameyoko(Ameya-Yokochō) ( 上野アメ横商店街 )
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After the war, Ameyoko, though it was called a black market, was a place that was indispensable for survival. From Narita, it’s the closest shopping district in Tokyo.
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UenoPark
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The National Museum of Western Art
https://planetyze.com/japan/tokyo/the-national-museum-of-western-art
Ueno Zoo
https://planetyze.com/japan/tokyo/ueno-zoo
National Museum of Nature and Science
https://planetyze.com/japan/tokyo/national-museum-of-nature-and-science
Tokyo National Museum
https://planetyze.com/japan/tokyo/tokyo-national-museum
Don QuijoteAkihabara
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Associate Program at Goldman Sachs

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published: 22 Sep 2015

ႊVery first online banking for Ayawaddy Bank.

The central allowed online banking service for local Ayawaddy Bank in 17, June, 2014. And it is the very first in Myanmar among other local banks: 22 private banks.
Now Myanmar local banks are preparing their bank services, technology and system because of foreign banks that will be allowed branches in Myanmar in this year according to U Hset Aung, the vice chairman of Central Bank of Myanmar.

published: 28 Jun 2014

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi fined $315m

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) has been fined $315m (£200m) by US authorities for watering down a report about transactions involving Iran and other sanctioned countries.
Key warnings were removed from the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), due to pressure from BTMU employees, New York State regulators found.
One BTMU employee resigned following the investigation.
Two others were banned from working with any New York banks.
"It is clear that we - as a regulatory community - must work aggressively to reform the cozy relationship between banks and consultants, which far too often has resulted in shoddy work that sweeps wrongdoing under the rug," said Benjamin Lawsky, New York's superintendent of financial services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which prepared the report, found that BTMU...

Princes of the Yen: Central Bank Truth Documentary 『円の支配者』

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how,...

published: 04 Nov 2014

Susitikimas su banko „Bank Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ" vadovybe

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

Get more Tips here! www.destinationtips.com
Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesse...

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

Get more Tips here! www.destinationtips.com
Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesse...

published: 26 Apr 2016

Japan yakuza and banks: Mobster connections?

As Japanese authorities widen their investigation into ties between financial institutions and organized crime, an investigative reporter says the current allegations have left with a sense of "déjà vu."
"In 2004, Citibank (Japan) lost their private banking license because they were allowing yakuza to do many complex transactions," Jake Adelstein, author of "Tokyo Vice" and an expert on Japan's mafia -- known as the yakuza -- told CNN. "They got spanked in 2009 for failing to update their databases and allowing yakuza to do business with them again.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country's financial regulator, will send inspectors to Japan's three largest banks -- Mizuho Bank, Tokyo MitsubishiUFJ Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank -- to "review over their corporate governance, lega...

published: 01 Feb 2017

Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

TOKYO (AP) - Troubled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in its attempt to sell its lucrative memory chip business.
Tokyo-based Toshiba said Wednesday the board of directors selected the consortium of InnovationNetwork Corp. of Japan, Bain CapitalPrivate Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder in the sale of Toshiba Memory Corp.
Toshiba recently sank into deep losses that threaten its survival and it has been selling off pieces of its operations. Its U.S. Westinghouse nuclear operations have racked up massive red ink.
The board's decision still needs shareholders' approval.
Western Digital of the U.S., which has acquired some SanDisk chip operations, including a joint venture with Toshiba in Japan,

Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy 's most important living artist. A painter of semiabstract impressionist works; he is a stunning colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife. Like the great impressionists of a century ago, Simbari's paintings are drenched in light and energy, but provide new definition through his intensity of vision and dramatic technique.
Born in Calabria , Italy , Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers. As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican . The City's Renaissance masterpieces and the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel so moved Simbari that, before his 13th birthday...

On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from around the world met privately at the luxurious AndazTokyoToranomon Hills. Among several others, the Western envoy included notable influencers Ivy Ejam (@IvyEjam), Motivational author and founder of @Mindingherbusiness & @GoddessEmpowered, Lousine Karibian, founder of The World Networks, a platform that connects millions of entrepreneurs through its world class networking events while supporting charitable and environmental programs in communities around the world. The Arion Group, an investment management company was also a primary sponsor. Arion is a full service management firm for MLB and NFL players as well as wealthy individuals. The group offers unique services in wealth management (tax consulting, retirement planning, and estate planning) and investment advisement through its daughter company Arion Capital, a hedge fund based in NYC.
Guests networked with each other over an ambience of classical music and sublime conversation. Translators were adorned in the traditional Kimono dress of Japan. Several influencers and celebrities from the Asia region attended including, notably Chizuko Yahagi founder of Tradition Japan a luxury Kimono brand that has graced top fashion shows around the world and exhibited select pieces as worn by our professional translators. Rupin Lentini broadcasted to over 4.2 million Chinese viewers. In 2017, the Chinese government gave Rupin the distinction of Excellence for Overseas Chinese. She has become an icon whose personal commemorative stamps have been issued throughout the country. She founded the restaurant, Ristrante da Ninoâ€, with her husband. Mr. Yang Ning, one of the most active angel investors in the region who recently began focusing on investments related to artificial intelligence and the entertainment industry spoke on what was next in the technology space. Respected and notable attendee included investor Isao Ichikawa, the director of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, advisor of MIKI Corporation, former SeniorExecutive Director of The Mitsubishi Bank and the Deputy President/Chairman of Nikon Corp.CEO of Tribe Network International Olumide Gbenro, shared his vision for Tribe Network International and how it would connect the top entrepreneurs in every major city in the world and emphasized his goal of identifying the most successful, diverse and influential in these cities. Along with the Los Angeles branch, Tokyo will become one of the primary cities for the Tribe networking meetings. The group will hold Tribe Tokyo II in early September with the details soon to be announced.
Media coverage included L.A. StyleMagazine, L.A.STYLE is the official go-to source for insight on leading businesses and emerging products in high-fashion, luxury living, wellness, finance, and travel. @HollywoodGlam Magazine which covers the latest celebrity news in Los Angeles and throughout the world in various topics including sports, fashion and red carpet events also covered the event. Talented Videographers Jalil Butron and Hans Bobanovits provided Video & Photo coverage.
Sponsorships are available for Tribe Tokyo II in September and have several valuable perks including reaching this rare audience and making media impressions of 1 million plus in this region and potential sponsors are encouraged to apply. Tribe Network is currently accepting new members to this private group. Inquiries can be made to Laura@TheTribeLosAngeles.com
SocialLinks:
Facebook.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Instagram.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Official Hashtags
#TribeTokyo
#TribeLosAngeles
#TribeNetwork

On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from around the world met privately at the luxurious AndazTokyoToranomon Hills. Among several others, the Western envoy included notable influencers Ivy Ejam (@IvyEjam), Motivational author and founder of @Mindingherbusiness & @GoddessEmpowered, Lousine Karibian, founder of The World Networks, a platform that connects millions of entrepreneurs through its world class networking events while supporting charitable and environmental programs in communities around the world. The Arion Group, an investment management company was also a primary sponsor. Arion is a full service management firm for MLB and NFL players as well as wealthy individuals. The group offers unique services in wealth management (tax consulting, retirement planning, and estate planning) and investment advisement through its daughter company Arion Capital, a hedge fund based in NYC.
Guests networked with each other over an ambience of classical music and sublime conversation. Translators were adorned in the traditional Kimono dress of Japan. Several influencers and celebrities from the Asia region attended including, notably Chizuko Yahagi founder of Tradition Japan a luxury Kimono brand that has graced top fashion shows around the world and exhibited select pieces as worn by our professional translators. Rupin Lentini broadcasted to over 4.2 million Chinese viewers. In 2017, the Chinese government gave Rupin the distinction of Excellence for Overseas Chinese. She has become an icon whose personal commemorative stamps have been issued throughout the country. She founded the restaurant, Ristrante da Ninoâ€, with her husband. Mr. Yang Ning, one of the most active angel investors in the region who recently began focusing on investments related to artificial intelligence and the entertainment industry spoke on what was next in the technology space. Respected and notable attendee included investor Isao Ichikawa, the director of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, advisor of MIKI Corporation, former SeniorExecutive Director of The Mitsubishi Bank and the Deputy President/Chairman of Nikon Corp.CEO of Tribe Network International Olumide Gbenro, shared his vision for Tribe Network International and how it would connect the top entrepreneurs in every major city in the world and emphasized his goal of identifying the most successful, diverse and influential in these cities. Along with the Los Angeles branch, Tokyo will become one of the primary cities for the Tribe networking meetings. The group will hold Tribe Tokyo II in early September with the details soon to be announced.
Media coverage included L.A. StyleMagazine, L.A.STYLE is the official go-to source for insight on leading businesses and emerging products in high-fashion, luxury living, wellness, finance, and travel. @HollywoodGlam Magazine which covers the latest celebrity news in Los Angeles and throughout the world in various topics including sports, fashion and red carpet events also covered the event. Talented Videographers Jalil Butron and Hans Bobanovits provided Video & Photo coverage.
Sponsorships are available for Tribe Tokyo II in September and have several valuable perks including reaching this rare audience and making media impressions of 1 million plus in this region and potential sponsors are encouraged to apply. Tribe Network is currently accepting new members to this private group. Inquiries can be made to Laura@TheTribeLosAngeles.com
SocialLinks:
Facebook.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Instagram.com/TribeNetworkInternational
Official Hashtags
#TribeTokyo
#TribeLosAngeles
#TribeNetwork

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world's largest banking group - a giant with more than one trillion (t) U-S dollars in assets.
The banks said they would consolidate overseas branches as soon as possible in creating the alliance, to be implemented over the next two years.
In a joint statement, they said they expected to reduce the combined number of branches by 150 within five years after forming a joint holding company.
Over the same time period, the banks pledged to reduce the combined payroll by six-thousand people.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
"The new group aims to become one of the top five strong players in the global financial market as the representative of Japan by achieving substantial improvement in efficiency and enhancing competitiveness with this combination of the strengths of each bank in different business areas and product lines."
SUPERCAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Repeated comparisons by the Japanese media was made to the Citigroup merger last year between Citibank and Travelers Group in the United States, underlining the view that the move was part of a larger international trend.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business daily, said the shakeup was inevitable due to the current state of its financial industry.
Reflecting a widely-held opinion, the Nihon Keizai said there were simply too many banks in Japan - with 17, counting just the ones at the top.
The expected alliance would allow the banks to put their retail banking, investment banking and brokerage subsidiaries under common management and cut costs by combining overlapping businesses.
The banks will also be able to cut back on information technology investment.
One obstacle to the deal, however, may come from the Fair Trade Commission, which will be carefully studying the alliance to see whether it would violate the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The commission declined to comment on whether it was consulted by the three banks in advance about their collaboration.
If an inquiry is held, the commission will look at the combined shares of units to come under the wing of a planned holding company, as well as the impact on overall competition in the financial sector.
The bank groups maintain that restructuring their relationship with each other demonstrates they are willing to tackle the country's financial woes head on.
SOUNDBITE (Japanese)
"I would like to seek your understanding on this reorganization not as the defensive action, but rather as the offensive measure."
SUPER CAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Critics are skeptical that simply creating a bigger bank would not solve Japan's economic problems.
Some believe Japanese banks need to cut down on thousands of excessive employees and keep up with their Western competition by coming up with attractive new financial products.
and woefully low profit margins.
SOUNDBITE (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst H-S-B-C Securities
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Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world's largest banking group - a giant with more than one trillion (t) U-S dollars in assets.
The banks said they would consolidate overseas branches as soon as possible in creating the alliance, to be implemented over the next two years.
In a joint statement, they said they expected to reduce the combined number of branches by 150 within five years after forming a joint holding company.
Over the same time period, the banks pledged to reduce the combined payroll by six-thousand people.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
"The new group aims to become one of the top five strong players in the global financial market as the representative of Japan by achieving substantial improvement in efficiency and enhancing competitiveness with this combination of the strengths of each bank in different business areas and product lines."
SUPERCAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Repeated comparisons by the Japanese media was made to the Citigroup merger last year between Citibank and Travelers Group in the United States, underlining the view that the move was part of a larger international trend.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business daily, said the shakeup was inevitable due to the current state of its financial industry.
Reflecting a widely-held opinion, the Nihon Keizai said there were simply too many banks in Japan - with 17, counting just the ones at the top.
The expected alliance would allow the banks to put their retail banking, investment banking and brokerage subsidiaries under common management and cut costs by combining overlapping businesses.
The banks will also be able to cut back on information technology investment.
One obstacle to the deal, however, may come from the Fair Trade Commission, which will be carefully studying the alliance to see whether it would violate the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The commission declined to comment on whether it was consulted by the three banks in advance about their collaboration.
If an inquiry is held, the commission will look at the combined shares of units to come under the wing of a planned holding company, as well as the impact on overall competition in the financial sector.
The bank groups maintain that restructuring their relationship with each other demonstrates they are willing to tackle the country's financial woes head on.
SOUNDBITE (Japanese)
"I would like to seek your understanding on this reorganization not as the defensive action, but rather as the offensive measure."
SUPER CAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Critics are skeptical that simply creating a bigger bank would not solve Japan's economic problems.
Some believe Japanese banks need to cut down on thousands of excessive employees and keep up with their Western competition by coming up with attractive new financial products.
and woefully low profit margins.
SOUNDBITE (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst H-S-B-C Securities
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Day in the Life of a Corporate Banker | J.P. Morgan

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Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and fin...

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online system for payments and settlements with the private sector.
The BOJ-NET connects the central bank with more than 500 financial institutions to handle fund transfers between current accounts, settlements of foreign exchange transactions and government-bond services.
The JapaneseBankers Association ran tests of its Data CommunicationsSystem of All Banks, which handles credit transfer data.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Securities DealersAssociation, which runs the over-the-counter stock market, tested connections between their computer trading systems and computers at securities companies.
They are planning to run similar tests on Monday.
Prime MinisterKeizo Obuchi on Sunday said that no major problems related to the Y-2-K glitch were reported in key services as the country moved into the new year.
However, he urged his people to stay as vigilant as the government to avoid any major problem that may be caused by the Y2K-related computer glitch.
After Obuchi's announcement, some problems were reported to the prime minister's Y2K headquarters.
The government said some might be connected to the Y2K bug, but none was serious.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reported that some of its systems displayed "100" instead of "00" when the year changed but said operations were not affected.
At East Japan Railway, the nation's largest rail company, a Y2K-related computer glitch caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working in 13 stations for part of New Year's Day.
The machines have now been fixed.
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NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online system for payments and settlements with the private sector.
The BOJ-NET connects the central bank with more than 500 financial institutions to handle fund transfers between current accounts, settlements of foreign exchange transactions and government-bond services.
The JapaneseBankers Association ran tests of its Data CommunicationsSystem of All Banks, which handles credit transfer data.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Securities DealersAssociation, which runs the over-the-counter stock market, tested connections between their computer trading systems and computers at securities companies.
They are planning to run similar tests on Monday.
Prime MinisterKeizo Obuchi on Sunday said that no major problems related to the Y-2-K glitch were reported in key services as the country moved into the new year.
However, he urged his people to stay as vigilant as the government to avoid any major problem that may be caused by the Y2K-related computer glitch.
After Obuchi's announcement, some problems were reported to the prime minister's Y2K headquarters.
The government said some might be connected to the Y2K bug, but none was serious.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reported that some of its systems displayed "100" instead of "00" when the year changed but said operations were not affected.
At East Japan Railway, the nation's largest rail company, a Y2K-related computer glitch caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working in 13 stations for part of New Year's Day.
The machines have now been fixed.
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Tokyo Jetz - "Sunshine Baby" (Official Music Video)

As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track tha...

As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, check out part one and two of our interviews with Hustle Gang (including the gorgeous & talented, Tokyo Jetz).
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As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, check out part one and two of our interviews with Hustle Gang (including the gorgeous & talented, Tokyo Jetz).
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SANYA, Tokyo, Broken city

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas st...

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

Associate Program at Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs offers students pursuing an MBA or other advanced degree the opportunity to advise clients and engage with decision makers from the moment they st...

Goldman Sachs offers students pursuing an MBA or other advanced degree the opportunity to advise clients and engage with decision makers from the moment they start at the firm. In PrivateWealth Management and in our Investment BankingDivision, associates work alongside senior leaders, leveraging the skills they have learned in their graduate programs to help devise strategies for our clients around the world. Learn more: http://link.gs.com/lbXJ

Goldman Sachs offers students pursuing an MBA or other advanced degree the opportunity to advise clients and engage with decision makers from the moment they start at the firm. In PrivateWealth Management and in our Investment BankingDivision, associates work alongside senior leaders, leveraging the skills they have learned in their graduate programs to help devise strategies for our clients around the world. Learn more: http://link.gs.com/lbXJ

ႊVery first online banking for Ayawaddy Bank.

The central allowed online banking service for local Ayawaddy Bank in 17, June, 2014. And it is the very first in Myanmar among other local banks: 22 private b...

The central allowed online banking service for local Ayawaddy Bank in 17, June, 2014. And it is the very first in Myanmar among other local banks: 22 private banks.
Now Myanmar local banks are preparing their bank services, technology and system because of foreign banks that will be allowed branches in Myanmar in this year according to U Hset Aung, the vice chairman of Central Bank of Myanmar.

The central allowed online banking service for local Ayawaddy Bank in 17, June, 2014. And it is the very first in Myanmar among other local banks: 22 private banks.
Now Myanmar local banks are preparing their bank services, technology and system because of foreign banks that will be allowed branches in Myanmar in this year according to U Hset Aung, the vice chairman of Central Bank of Myanmar.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) has been fined $315m (£200m) by US authorities for watering down a report about transactions involving Iran and other sanctioned countries.
Key warnings were removed from the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), due to pressure from BTMU employees, New York State regulators found.
One BTMU employee resigned following the investigation.
Two others were banned from working with any New York banks.
"It is clear that we - as a regulatory community - must work aggressively to reform the cozy relationship between banks and consultants, which far too often has resulted in shoddy work that sweeps wrongdoing under the rug," said Benjamin Lawsky, New York's superintendent of financial services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which prepared the report, found that BTMU had been telling employees to remove information from messages that would have triggered compliance alerts.
In an earlier draft of its report PwC highlighted the significance of that discovery.
But later, at the bank's request, PwC replaced that section, according to the investigation.
The NewYorkState investigation also found that other important information was removed from the PwC report, at the request of BTMU. That included:
An English translation of BTMU's instructions to employees which referenced the bank doing business with "enemy countries" of the US
most of PwC's discussion about the bank's manipulation of messages
a section that discussed how BTMU disguised messages by using characters in names. For example SUD#N.
The latest fine is in addition to a $250m fine BTMU agreed to in June 2013, for conducting billions of dollars of transactions for governments and private bodies in Iran, Sudan and Myanmar.
Responding to the latest fine BTMU said it is "committed to conducting business with the highest levels of integrity and regulatory compliance, and to continually improving its policies and procedures."​

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) has been fined $315m (£200m) by US authorities for watering down a report about transactions involving Iran and other sanctioned countries.
Key warnings were removed from the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), due to pressure from BTMU employees, New York State regulators found.
One BTMU employee resigned following the investigation.
Two others were banned from working with any New York banks.
"It is clear that we - as a regulatory community - must work aggressively to reform the cozy relationship between banks and consultants, which far too often has resulted in shoddy work that sweeps wrongdoing under the rug," said Benjamin Lawsky, New York's superintendent of financial services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which prepared the report, found that BTMU had been telling employees to remove information from messages that would have triggered compliance alerts.
In an earlier draft of its report PwC highlighted the significance of that discovery.
But later, at the bank's request, PwC replaced that section, according to the investigation.
The NewYorkState investigation also found that other important information was removed from the PwC report, at the request of BTMU. That included:
An English translation of BTMU's instructions to employees which referenced the bank doing business with "enemy countries" of the US
most of PwC's discussion about the bank's manipulation of messages
a section that discussed how BTMU disguised messages by using characters in names. For example SUD#N.
The latest fine is in addition to a $250m fine BTMU agreed to in June 2013, for conducting billions of dollars of transactions for governments and private bodies in Iran, Sudan and Myanmar.
Responding to the latest fine BTMU said it is "committed to conducting business with the highest levels of integrity and regulatory compliance, and to continually improving its policies and procedures."​

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film.
“Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is.
“Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”
A film by MichaelOswald
You can follow Richard Werner (Author of the Book) on Twitter at @ProfessorWerner
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“Mastery of filmmaking. An engaging and dynamic narrative supported by visual aesthetics” - SimeonRoberts - Film Critic, http://filmgods.co.uk/
"Essential viewing if you've any interest at all in economics or politics" - SteveMorrisseyFilm Reviwer & Critic, http://www.moviesteve.com/review-princes-of-the-yen-2014/
“Blows open the widely held consensus that ‘independent’ central banks are a force for economic good." Josh Ryan-Collins - New Economics Foundation and co-author of “Where DoesMoney Come From?"
"A fascinating look at the need for better public understanding of just how much money can affect the world we live in.” Ben Dyson - Founder Positive Money & co-author of ‘Modernising Money’
Website: http://princesoftheyen.com/
How central banks create money: http://princesoftheyen.com/central-bank-money-creation/

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film.
“Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is.
“Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”
A film by MichaelOswald
You can follow Richard Werner (Author of the Book) on Twitter at @ProfessorWerner
Translate this film: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=p5Ac7ap_MAY
Help us spread the word:
Rate this film on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172710/
Rate it and comment on youtube.
Share the film with your network.
Reviews:
“Mastery of filmmaking. An engaging and dynamic narrative supported by visual aesthetics” - SimeonRoberts - Film Critic, http://filmgods.co.uk/
"Essential viewing if you've any interest at all in economics or politics" - SteveMorrisseyFilm Reviwer & Critic, http://www.moviesteve.com/review-princes-of-the-yen-2014/
“Blows open the widely held consensus that ‘independent’ central banks are a force for economic good." Josh Ryan-Collins - New Economics Foundation and co-author of “Where DoesMoney Come From?"
"A fascinating look at the need for better public understanding of just how much money can affect the world we live in.” Ben Dyson - Founder Positive Money & co-author of ‘Modernising Money’
Website: http://princesoftheyen.com/
How central banks create money: http://princesoftheyen.com/central-bank-money-creation/

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

Top 10 Offshore Tax Havens You Can Still Stash Your Cash

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates o...

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

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Heads of state, former heads of state, heads of government, former heads of government, relatives and associates of government officials (as well as a fair share of celebrities) have all been exposed for hiding money in offshore accounts.
Here is a list of the top 10 Biggest Tax Havens in the World.
(Ranking is based on a combination of its secrecy score and scale weighting)
#10 United Arab Emirates
One of the world’s best known tax havens or secrecy jurisdictions.It has a low-tax environment and a complex array of free trade zones with multiple secrecy facilities and lax enforcement.
A large slice of the inbound money comes in the form gold.
SecrecyScore: 77%
Tax HavenStatus: Tiny
#9 Bahrain
An island of hospitality to banks and businesses and also one of the biggest global centers for Islamic finance. There is no corporate income tax, personal income tax or capital gains tax. Bahrain also has a wide network of tax treaties with a number of developing countries.
Secrecy Score: 74%
Tax Haven Status: Small
#8 Germany
Between $2.81 to $3.38 trillion of tax exempt interest-bearing assets held by non-residents as of August 2013. Germany does not sufficiently exchange tax-related information with a multitude of other jurisdictions and despite recent progress with its anti-money laundering framework, major loopholes and many implementation deficits still exist
Secrecy Score: 56%
Tax Haven Status: Huge but Shifty
#7 Lebanon
Many members of the population are high-net worth individuals. Beirut’s offshore financial services sector has been growing at an average of nearly 12 percent per year since 2006. Lebanon’s political and military troubles over recent decades have disrupted the offshore financial sector, but it has proved astonishingly resilient.
Secrecy Score: 79%
Tax Haven Status: Small and Secure
#6 Luxembourg
The most important private banking and wealth management center in the Eurozone.
It has 143 banks holding almost $800 billion in assets, over $300 billion of which are in the secretive private banking sector and is a center of lax financial regulation and is still one of the world’s most important financial centers.
Breaking professional secrecy can result in a prison sentence
Secrecy Score: 55%
Tax Haven Status: Huge
#5 The Cayman Islands
Banking assets worth $1.4 trillion in June 2014.
Hoststing over 11,000 mutual and other funds with a net asset value of $2.1 trillion.
It has 200 banks, over 140 trust companies and over 95,000 registered companies and retains many secrecy features plus laws that can put people in jail not only for exposing confidential information, but merely for asking for it.
Secrecy Score: 65%
Tax Haven Status: Aggressively Protective
#4 SingaporeA major wealth management center, with $1.4 trillion in assets under management in 2013.
In 2014 it become Asia’s largest foreign exchange trading center.
It hosts a lack of serious reforms to its corporate secrecy regime and a lack of interest in creating public registries of beneficial ownership.
Secrecy Score: 69%
Tax Haven Status: Intentionally Blind?
#3 USAThe U.S. has led the charge in combating international tax evasion using offshore financial accounts. However, the U.S. also provides a multitude of secrecy and tax-free facilities for non U.S. residents
It's one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.
Secrecy Score: 60%
Tax Haven Status: Ironic
#2 Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the second largest stock exchange in Asia after Tokyo with $2.1 trillion under management in April 2015 and over $350 billion in private banking assets.
China’s control over Hong Kong has shielded it from global transparency initiatives.
It also has not signed the multilateral agreement to initiate automatic information exchange via the CRS.
Secrecy Score: 72%
Tax Haven Status: See-No-Evil
#1 Switzerland
Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, known to have introduced Banking Secrecy Laws as far back as 1934
However, in 2010, the US enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Swiss government was ultimately forced to bow to US pressure
In 2013, the US government signed a tax treaty that calls for Swiss banks to provide details on their American account holders
Secrecy Score: 73%
Tax Haven Status: BOSS

Japan yakuza and banks: Mobster connections?

As Japanese authorities widen their investigation into ties between financial institutions and organized crime, an investigative reporter says the current alleg...

As Japanese authorities widen their investigation into ties between financial institutions and organized crime, an investigative reporter says the current allegations have left with a sense of "déjà vu."
"In 2004, Citibank (Japan) lost their private banking license because they were allowing yakuza to do many complex transactions," Jake Adelstein, author of "Tokyo Vice" and an expert on Japan's mafia -- known as the yakuza -- told CNN. "They got spanked in 2009 for failing to update their databases and allowing yakuza to do business with them again.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country's financial regulator, will send inspectors to Japan's three largest banks -- Mizuho Bank, Tokyo MitsubishiUFJ Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank -- to "review over their corporate governance, legal compliance and overall risk management," said Hiroki Kato, director of the Inspection Bureau of the FSA. The on-site inspections are scheduled to begin next week.

As Japanese authorities widen their investigation into ties between financial institutions and organized crime, an investigative reporter says the current allegations have left with a sense of "déjà vu."
"In 2004, Citibank (Japan) lost their private banking license because they were allowing yakuza to do many complex transactions," Jake Adelstein, author of "Tokyo Vice" and an expert on Japan's mafia -- known as the yakuza -- told CNN. "They got spanked in 2009 for failing to update their databases and allowing yakuza to do business with them again.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country's financial regulator, will send inspectors to Japan's three largest banks -- Mizuho Bank, Tokyo MitsubishiUFJ Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank -- to "review over their corporate governance, legal compliance and overall risk management," said Hiroki Kato, director of the Inspection Bureau of the FSA. The on-site inspections are scheduled to begin next week.

Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

TOKYO (AP) - Troubled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in its attempt to sell its lucrative m...

TOKYO (AP) - Troubled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in its attempt to sell its lucrative memory chip business.
Tokyo-based Toshiba said Wednesday the board of directors selected the consortium of InnovationNetwork Corp. of Japan, Bain CapitalPrivate Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder in the sale of Toshiba Memory Corp.
Toshiba recently sank into deep losses that threaten its survival and it has been selling off pieces of its operations. Its U.S. Westinghouse nuclear operations have racked up massive red ink.
The board's decision still needs shareholders' approval.
Western Digital of the U.S., which has acquired some SanDisk chip operations, including a joint venture with Toshiba in Japan,

TOKYO (AP) - Troubled Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in its attempt to sell its lucrative memory chip business.
Tokyo-based Toshiba said Wednesday the board of directors selected the consortium of InnovationNetwork Corp. of Japan, Bain CapitalPrivate Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder in the sale of Toshiba Memory Corp.
Toshiba recently sank into deep losses that threaten its survival and it has been selling off pieces of its operations. Its U.S. Westinghouse nuclear operations have racked up massive red ink.
The board's decision still needs shareholders' approval.
Western Digital of the U.S., which has acquired some SanDisk chip operations, including a joint venture with Toshiba in Japan,

Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy 's most important living artist. A painter of semiabstract impressionist works; he is a stunning colorist who f...

Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy 's most important living artist. A painter of semiabstract impressionist works; he is a stunning colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife. Like the great impressionists of a century ago, Simbari's paintings are drenched in light and energy, but provide new definition through his intensity of vision and dramatic technique.
Born in Calabria , Italy , Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers. As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican . The City's Renaissance masterpieces and the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel so moved Simbari that, before his 13th birthday, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. At 22, he opened his first studio in Rome . Influenced by the sights and sounds of his childhood, Simbari's early works featured gypsies, cafe settings, fishing villages, and rustic scenes of the Italian countryside. The youthful artist knew success almost immediately, and within months of a one-man show in London , he was awarded the coveted commission to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels . He solidified his place in the art world with his show "Le Cirque," which skillfully reproduced the same excitement on canvas as can be felt at an electrifying circus performance.
The show was highly acclaimed in Paris , New York , Chicago , and Los Angeles . "When I paint, I'm like a writer," Simbari states, "I must have something to say. My paintings are like entries in a diary because they are all reactions to things I have seen or felt." Simbari holds a pivotal place in today's international art scene.
His works can be found in numerous museums and private and corporate collections the world over, including the Bank of Tokyo, Paris; Christian DiorCollection, Paris; Italian State Railways, Rome; Liberty Company, London; Bank of Commerce, Tulsa; CincinnatiFine ArtsDepartment, Cincinnati; Exxon Corporation, New York; General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis; Pepsico, New York; to name just a few. MajorAmerican and English critics have called Simbari "thoroughly disarming"; one who paints "boldly and in a state of excitement"; "whose personal enthusiasm and enormous zest for life have much the same infectious appeal as do his paintings."

Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy 's most important living artist. A painter of semiabstract impressionist works; he is a stunning colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife. Like the great impressionists of a century ago, Simbari's paintings are drenched in light and energy, but provide new definition through his intensity of vision and dramatic technique.
Born in Calabria , Italy , Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers. As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican . The City's Renaissance masterpieces and the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel so moved Simbari that, before his 13th birthday, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. At 22, he opened his first studio in Rome . Influenced by the sights and sounds of his childhood, Simbari's early works featured gypsies, cafe settings, fishing villages, and rustic scenes of the Italian countryside. The youthful artist knew success almost immediately, and within months of a one-man show in London , he was awarded the coveted commission to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels . He solidified his place in the art world with his show "Le Cirque," which skillfully reproduced the same excitement on canvas as can be felt at an electrifying circus performance.
The show was highly acclaimed in Paris , New York , Chicago , and Los Angeles . "When I paint, I'm like a writer," Simbari states, "I must have something to say. My paintings are like entries in a diary because they are all reactions to things I have seen or felt." Simbari holds a pivotal place in today's international art scene.
His works can be found in numerous museums and private and corporate collections the world over, including the Bank of Tokyo, Paris; Christian DiorCollection, Paris; Italian State Railways, Rome; Liberty Company, London; Bank of Commerce, Tulsa; CincinnatiFine ArtsDepartment, Cincinnati; Exxon Corporation, New York; General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis; Pepsico, New York; to name just a few. MajorAmerican and English critics have called Simbari "thoroughly disarming"; one who paints "boldly and in a state of excitement"; "whose personal enthusiasm and enormous zest for life have much the same infectious appeal as do his paintings."

JAPAN: BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI: WORLD'S LARGEST BANK OPENS

Jap/Eng/Nat
The world's largest bank has opened for business.
The newBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has more than U-S 770 (b) billion dollars worth of assets - more than many countries.
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday officially opened the world's largest bank.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been created as a result of a merger between Mitsubishi Bank and the Bank of Tokyo (B-O-T).
Its assets are what makes it so big.
The new bank, with its headquarters at the former Mitsubishi Bank's main office in Tokyo's Marunouchi area, holds total assets of about U-S 770 (b) billion dollars and operating funds of some U-S 530 (b) billion dollars.
Former B-O-T President, Tasuku Takagaki, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the new bank with Tsuneo Wakai, former hea...

published: 21 Jul 2015

Makoto Shibata from Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ - Interview recorded at #EfmaInno17

FILE:BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ TO PAY NY $250M

Japanese bank starts using pint-sized robot as bank teller

Japanese bank looks to use small new robot to greet customers at a Tokyo branch.
Full story:
One of Japan's megabanks Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ showcased a robot bank teller on Monday (April 13) at its downtown Tokyo branch in the hope that the multilingual robot will help foreign customers during the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
NAO, the programmable 58 cm mini-robot, is equipped with multiple sensors, and responds to customer requests with pre-recorded responses. It currently speaks Japanese, Chinese, and English.
"Currently in a lot of branches there are cases where quite a few customers don't speak Japanese or English and so we can have Nao do an initial check (on their needs) so that it can lead to a trouble-free setting up of an account or other carrying out of other administrative...

Japan has been an important trade partner, lender, and investor in LAC for decades. Since the mid 2000’s, Tokyo re-emerged as a leading source of finance for Latin American countries, particularly Brazil and members of the Pacific Alliance. JapaneseFDI in the region is also notable, averaging $4.2 billion per year between 2010 and 2013. Despite slowing growth on both sides of the Pacific, Japan and Latin America nations are seeking to build stronger economic partnerships. What factors will shape Japanese economic engagement in the region in the coming years? In what sectors and countries will Japanese firms and financiers focus their efforts? How does Japan’s model of engagement compare to that of China and other major economic partners?
A discussion moderated by Barbara Kotschwar, resea...

SANYA, Tokyo, Broken city

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson...

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published: 30 Oct 2013

Princes of the Yen: Central Bank Truth Documentary 『円の支配者』

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how,...

Jap/Eng/Nat
The world's largest bank has opened for business.
The newBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has more than U-S 770 (b) billion dollars worth of assets - more than many countries.
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday officially opened the world's largest bank.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been created as a result of a merger between Mitsubishi Bank and the Bank of Tokyo (B-O-T).
Its assets are what makes it so big.
The new bank, with its headquarters at the former Mitsubishi Bank's main office in Tokyo's Marunouchi area, holds total assets of about U-S 770 (b) billion dollars and operating funds of some U-S 530 (b) billion dollars.
Former B-O-T President, Tasuku Takagaki, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the new bank with Tsuneo Wakai, former head of Mitsubishi Bank, as chairman.
The bank employs around 21 thousand people and started operating on Monday with 366 domestic branches and 83 overseas branches open for business.
With a strong domestic retail base and extended international network, the bank is expected to become Japan's first universal bank with comprehensive services ranging from trust business to derivative trading.
Mitsubishi Bank has expertise and experience in retail banking, while the Bank of Tokyo has been known as Japan's most cosmopolitan bank for its international banking operations.
The new chief executive says Japan was being left behind in the new corporate world of mega mergers.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
The Japanese financial industry is starting to catch up with the world trend of merging.
SUPERCAPTION: Tasuku Takagaki, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Other contributing factors behind the merger were waning public confidence in Japan's banking sector because of bad debts and a series of Japanese financial institutions collapsing.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
Japanese customers are demanding better ethics in the industry and we are answering this demand.
SUPER CAPTION: Tsuneo Wakai, Chairman Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Financial analysts see a bright future for the new bank.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The key issue is that their goal, I believe, the bank's goal I believe is to become amongst the top ten banks in the world on a variety of different measures no just size. And they will be working to do this by improving their efficiency, by broadening the current products set to a wider array of customers and by becoming a little bit more active the global market place.
SUPER CAPTION: ElizabethDaniels, Analyst, Morgan StanleyBank
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi says it will have an expanded network of branches in and out of Japan and will be able to provide financial services and information in various parts of the world.
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Jap/Eng/Nat
The world's largest bank has opened for business.
The newBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has more than U-S 770 (b) billion dollars worth of assets - more than many countries.
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday officially opened the world's largest bank.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been created as a result of a merger between Mitsubishi Bank and the Bank of Tokyo (B-O-T).
Its assets are what makes it so big.
The new bank, with its headquarters at the former Mitsubishi Bank's main office in Tokyo's Marunouchi area, holds total assets of about U-S 770 (b) billion dollars and operating funds of some U-S 530 (b) billion dollars.
Former B-O-T President, Tasuku Takagaki, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the new bank with Tsuneo Wakai, former head of Mitsubishi Bank, as chairman.
The bank employs around 21 thousand people and started operating on Monday with 366 domestic branches and 83 overseas branches open for business.
With a strong domestic retail base and extended international network, the bank is expected to become Japan's first universal bank with comprehensive services ranging from trust business to derivative trading.
Mitsubishi Bank has expertise and experience in retail banking, while the Bank of Tokyo has been known as Japan's most cosmopolitan bank for its international banking operations.
The new chief executive says Japan was being left behind in the new corporate world of mega mergers.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
The Japanese financial industry is starting to catch up with the world trend of merging.
SUPERCAPTION: Tasuku Takagaki, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Other contributing factors behind the merger were waning public confidence in Japan's banking sector because of bad debts and a series of Japanese financial institutions collapsing.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
Japanese customers are demanding better ethics in the industry and we are answering this demand.
SUPER CAPTION: Tsuneo Wakai, Chairman Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Financial analysts see a bright future for the new bank.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The key issue is that their goal, I believe, the bank's goal I believe is to become amongst the top ten banks in the world on a variety of different measures no just size. And they will be working to do this by improving their efficiency, by broadening the current products set to a wider array of customers and by becoming a little bit more active the global market place.
SUPER CAPTION: ElizabethDaniels, Analyst, Morgan StanleyBank
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi says it will have an expanded network of branches in and out of Japan and will be able to provide financial services and information in various parts of the world.
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Makoto Shibata from Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ - Interview recorded at #EfmaInno17

Japanese bank looks to use small new robot to greet customers at a Tokyo branch.
Full story:
One of Japan's megabanks Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ showcased a robot bank teller on Monday (April 13) at its downtown Tokyo branch in the hope that the multilingual robot will help foreign customers during the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
NAO, the programmable 58 cm mini-robot, is equipped with multiple sensors, and responds to customer requests with pre-recorded responses. It currently speaks Japanese, Chinese, and English.
"Currently in a lot of branches there are cases where quite a few customers don't speak Japanese or English and so we can have Nao do an initial check (on their needs) so that it can lead to a trouble-free setting up of an account or other carrying out of other administrative issues," Tadashi Betto, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Chief Manager of eBusiness and IT Initiatives Division, told reporters.
Surrounded by media, NAO performed Tai-chi before a few customers stepped forward and had conversations with the humanoid robot.
"He's quite cute," said one unidentified customer, "So having him around is actually quite good for the soul especially as banks normally tend to be quite quiet."
NAO is produced by French robot maker Aldebaran Robotics.
The robotics company also makes telecom giant SoftBank Corp's "Pepper."

Japanese bank looks to use small new robot to greet customers at a Tokyo branch.
Full story:
One of Japan's megabanks Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ showcased a robot bank teller on Monday (April 13) at its downtown Tokyo branch in the hope that the multilingual robot will help foreign customers during the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
NAO, the programmable 58 cm mini-robot, is equipped with multiple sensors, and responds to customer requests with pre-recorded responses. It currently speaks Japanese, Chinese, and English.
"Currently in a lot of branches there are cases where quite a few customers don't speak Japanese or English and so we can have Nao do an initial check (on their needs) so that it can lead to a trouble-free setting up of an account or other carrying out of other administrative issues," Tadashi Betto, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Chief Manager of eBusiness and IT Initiatives Division, told reporters.
Surrounded by media, NAO performed Tai-chi before a few customers stepped forward and had conversations with the humanoid robot.
"He's quite cute," said one unidentified customer, "So having him around is actually quite good for the soul especially as banks normally tend to be quite quiet."
NAO is produced by French robot maker Aldebaran Robotics.
The robotics company also makes telecom giant SoftBank Corp's "Pepper."

SANYA, Tokyo, Broken city

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas st...

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film.
“Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is.
“Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”
A film by MichaelOswald
You can follow Richard Werner (Author of the Book) on Twitter at @ProfessorWerner
Translate this film: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=p5Ac7ap_MAY
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Reviews:
“Mastery of filmmaking. An engaging and dynamic narrative supported by visual aesthetics” - SimeonRoberts - Film Critic, http://filmgods.co.uk/
"Essential viewing if you've any interest at all in economics or politics" - SteveMorrisseyFilm Reviwer & Critic, http://www.moviesteve.com/review-princes-of-the-yen-2014/
“Blows open the widely held consensus that ‘independent’ central banks are a force for economic good." Josh Ryan-Collins - New Economics Foundation and co-author of “Where DoesMoney Come From?"
"A fascinating look at the need for better public understanding of just how much money can affect the world we live in.” Ben Dyson - Founder Positive Money & co-author of ‘Modernising Money’
Website: http://princesoftheyen.com/
How central banks create money: http://princesoftheyen.com/central-bank-money-creation/

“Princes of the Yen: CentralBanks and the Transformation of the Economy” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this.
Based on a book by ProfessorRichard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history.
Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film.
“Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is.
“Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”
A film by MichaelOswald
You can follow Richard Werner (Author of the Book) on Twitter at @ProfessorWerner
Translate this film: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=p5Ac7ap_MAY
Help us spread the word:
Rate this film on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172710/
Rate it and comment on youtube.
Share the film with your network.
Reviews:
“Mastery of filmmaking. An engaging and dynamic narrative supported by visual aesthetics” - SimeonRoberts - Film Critic, http://filmgods.co.uk/
"Essential viewing if you've any interest at all in economics or politics" - SteveMorrisseyFilm Reviwer & Critic, http://www.moviesteve.com/review-princes-of-the-yen-2014/
“Blows open the widely held consensus that ‘independent’ central banks are a force for economic good." Josh Ryan-Collins - New Economics Foundation and co-author of “Where DoesMoney Come From?"
"A fascinating look at the need for better public understanding of just how much money can affect the world we live in.” Ben Dyson - Founder Positive Money & co-author of ‘Modernising Money’
Website: http://princesoftheyen.com/
How central banks create money: http://princesoftheyen.com/central-bank-money-creation/

On the evening of May 28th, 2017, TribeNetworkInternational launch its first international branch in Tokyo, Japan coined #TribeTokyo. Tribe Network was founded by Olumide Gbenro (https://www.instagram.com/theglobopreneur/) & CoFounder Rod Watson (https://www.instagram.com/rodwatson23/) in San Diego, California and has quickly grown into the Los Angeles market it US headquarters. The goal is to provide a platform for the top investors and entrepreneurs in every major city in the world for networking & business collaborations and bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western business and culture. #TribeTokyo was Sponsored by The World Networks, The ArionGroup, and along with partner, Japan based TEAMZ Entertainment, sixty of the top Executives and Entrepreneurs in the region and from around the world met privately at the luxurious AndazTokyoToranomon Hills. Among several others, the Western envoy included notable influencers Ivy Ejam (@IvyEjam), Motivational author and founder of @Mindingherbusiness & @GoddessEmpowered, Lousine Karibian, founder of The World Networks, a platform that connects millions of entrepreneurs through its world class networking events while supporting charitable and environmental programs in communities around the world. The Arion Group, an investment management company was also a primary sponsor. Arion is a full service management firm for MLB and NFL players as well as wealthy individuals. The group offers unique services in wealth management (tax consulting, retirement planning, and estate planning) and investment advisement through its daughter company Arion Capital, a hedge fund based in NYC.
Guests networked with each other over an ambience of classical music and sublime conversation. Translators were adorned in the traditional Kimono dress of Japan. Several influencers and celebrities from the Asia region attended including, notably Chizuko Yahagi founder of Tradition Japan a luxury Kimono brand that has graced top fashion shows around the world and exhibited select pieces as worn by our professional translators. Rupin Lentini broadcasted to over 4.2 million Chinese viewers. In 2017, the Chinese government gave Rupin the distinction of Excellence for Overseas Chinese. She has become an icon whose personal commemorative stamps have been issued throughout the country. She founded the restaurant, Ristrante da Ninoâ€, with her husband. Mr. Yang Ning, one of the most active angel investors in the region who recently began focusing on investments related to artificial intelligence and the entertainment industry spoke on what was next in the technology space. Respected and notable attendee included investor Isao Ichikawa, the director of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, advisor of MIKI Corporation, former SeniorExecutive Director of The Mitsubishi Bank and the Deputy President/Chairman of Nikon Corp.CEO of Tribe Network International Olumide Gbenro, shared his vision for Tribe Network International and how it would connect the top entrepreneurs in every major city in the world and emphasized his goal of identifying the most successful, diverse and influential in these cities. Along with the Los Angeles branch, Tokyo will become one of the primary cities for the Tribe networking meetings. The group will hold Tribe Tokyo II in early September with the details soon to be announced.
Media coverage included L.A. StyleMagazine, L.A.STYLE is the official go-to source for insight on leading businesses and emerging products in high-fashion, luxury living, wellness, finance, and travel. @HollywoodGlam Magazine which covers the latest celebrity news in Los Angeles and throughout the world in various topics including sports, fashion and red carpet events also covered the event. Talented Videographers Jalil Butron and Hans Bobanovits provided Video & Photo coverage.
Sponsorships are available for Tribe Tokyo II in September and have several valuable perks including reaching this rare audience and making media impressions of 1 million plus in this region and potential sponsors are encouraged to apply. Tribe Network is currently accepting new members to this private group. Inquiries can be made to Laura@TheTribeLosAngeles.com
SocialLinks:
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Official Hashtags
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2:28

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that wo...

JAPAN: TOKYO: 3 BANKS ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE PLAN

Japanese/English
Three Japanese banks announced a broad alliance plan on Friday that would create the world's largest banking group.
Officials of Dai-ichi Kangyo BankLimited, the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited (I-B-J), and Fuji Bank Limited confirmed the plans, which will be implemented over the next two years, at a news conference in Tokyo.
The combined assets of the three banks will exceed 1.2 trillion (t) U-S dollars, surpassing that of Germany's Deutsche Bank and Japan's largest bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi.
I-B-J President Masao Nishimura said he hoped the announcement would affirm Japan as a powerful player in the global market.
The bank, along with Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Limited and Fuji Bank Limited, unveiled plans for an alliance that would create the world's largest banking group - a giant with more than one trillion (t) U-S dollars in assets.
The banks said they would consolidate overseas branches as soon as possible in creating the alliance, to be implemented over the next two years.
In a joint statement, they said they expected to reduce the combined number of branches by 150 within five years after forming a joint holding company.
Over the same time period, the banks pledged to reduce the combined payroll by six-thousand people.
SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)
"The new group aims to become one of the top five strong players in the global financial market as the representative of Japan by achieving substantial improvement in efficiency and enhancing competitiveness with this combination of the strengths of each bank in different business areas and product lines."
SUPERCAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Repeated comparisons by the Japanese media was made to the Citigroup merger last year between Citibank and Travelers Group in the United States, underlining the view that the move was part of a larger international trend.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading business daily, said the shakeup was inevitable due to the current state of its financial industry.
Reflecting a widely-held opinion, the Nihon Keizai said there were simply too many banks in Japan - with 17, counting just the ones at the top.
The expected alliance would allow the banks to put their retail banking, investment banking and brokerage subsidiaries under common management and cut costs by combining overlapping businesses.
The banks will also be able to cut back on information technology investment.
One obstacle to the deal, however, may come from the Fair Trade Commission, which will be carefully studying the alliance to see whether it would violate the Anti-Monopoly Law.
The commission declined to comment on whether it was consulted by the three banks in advance about their collaboration.
If an inquiry is held, the commission will look at the combined shares of units to come under the wing of a planned holding company, as well as the impact on overall competition in the financial sector.
The bank groups maintain that restructuring their relationship with each other demonstrates they are willing to tackle the country's financial woes head on.
SOUNDBITE (Japanese)
"I would like to seek your understanding on this reorganization not as the defensive action, but rather as the offensive measure."
SUPER CAPTION: Masao Nishimura, Industrial Bank of Japan President
Critics are skeptical that simply creating a bigger bank would not solve Japan's economic problems.
Some believe Japanese banks need to cut down on thousands of excessive employees and keep up with their Western competition by coming up with attractive new financial products.
and woefully low profit margins.
SOUNDBITE (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst H-S-B-C Securities
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3:36

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,00...

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library(The"Tokyo Magazin Bank" & Service for children and young adults)

The TokyoMetropolitanTamaLibrary has around 17,000 titles of magazines and about 220,000 materials for children and young adults.
address:2-2-26 Izumi-cho Kokubunji-shi,Tokyo
The nearest station:Nishi-Kokubunji station(in JR Chuo line,Musashino line)
website:http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum (S-09-E)

The collection of money at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJMoney Museum is considered one of the most prominent collections in japan.At the museum, over 10,000 currencies circulated in the world from the period before Christ to the present time are systematically exhibited in order to enable you to easily gain a rough idea about the history of money.

1:23

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

Natural Sound
Asian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a...

JAPAN: TOKYO: Y-2-K SMOOTH TRANSITION

NaturalSoundAsian financial markets are expected to herald the new millennium with a "Y-2-K relief rally" on Monday.
Governments, central banks and financial institutions, power, utility, telecommunications and transport companies all had a smooth transition to 2000 - despite fears of the millennium bug.
Financial institutions in Japan - including the Bank of Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other financial industries - began their final drills on Sunday.
The aim - to make sure that there would be no problems from the Y-2-K computer bug when businesses return to work on Tuesday.
In Japan, New Year's Day through to the 3rd of January is a national holiday and all businesses had officially closed during the period.
The Bank of Japan ran tests of its BOJ-NET online system for payments and settlements with the private sector.
The BOJ-NET connects the central bank with more than 500 financial institutions to handle fund transfers between current accounts, settlements of foreign exchange transactions and government-bond services.
The JapaneseBankers Association ran tests of its Data CommunicationsSystem of All Banks, which handles credit transfer data.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Securities DealersAssociation, which runs the over-the-counter stock market, tested connections between their computer trading systems and computers at securities companies.
They are planning to run similar tests on Monday.
Prime MinisterKeizo Obuchi on Sunday said that no major problems related to the Y-2-K glitch were reported in key services as the country moved into the new year.
However, he urged his people to stay as vigilant as the government to avoid any major problem that may be caused by the Y2K-related computer glitch.
After Obuchi's announcement, some problems were reported to the prime minister's Y2K headquarters.
The government said some might be connected to the Y2K bug, but none was serious.
Japan's Meteorological Agency reported that some of its systems displayed "100" instead of "00" when the year changed but said operations were not affected.
At East Japan Railway, the nation's largest rail company, a Y2K-related computer glitch caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working in 13 stations for part of New Year's Day.
The machines have now been fixed.
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0:44

Finn Bálor greets fans and grubs sushi in Tokyo

Though he's in Tokyo for just over a day, Finn Bálor makes the most of his visit by walkin...

Tokyo Jetz - "Sunshine Baby" (Official Music Video)

As we begin the transition into the long, holiday weekend, it's only right that we start prepping the perfect playlist for it. And honestly, the first track that should be on there is Tokyo Jetz's "SunshineBaby." I mean, isn't it obvious why? Tokyo Jetz & sunshine in one video is enough for us to drop everything we're doing.
The HustleGang rapper has been catching everyone's attention with her car freestyles (she drops fucking amazing freestyles from her car)-- that's actually how she caught T.I.'s attention-- and now she is gifting fans with a visual for her track, "Sunshine Baby." The video is dope all around: beautiful women at the beach, good vibes and of course, Tokyo Jetz.
Check out the visual for "Sunshine Baby" above and tell us what you think! And if you haven't already yet, check out part one and two of our interviews with Hustle Gang (including the gorgeous & talented, Tokyo Jetz).
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2:54

One Fast Day in Tokyo: The Imperial Palace Gardens

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Our walk continued from the Ginza into Marunouchi, Tokyo'...

SANYA, Tokyo, Broken city

Tokyo. The Sum­ida River runs under lanes of sus­pended motor­ways bridges. Along the banks of the river, lines of card­board shacks cov­ered in blue can­vas stretch for­ever, caught in the con­stant hum of the traf­fic speed­ing over­head. This is home for the home­less, the anti-city. This is where the mod­ern world's mis­fit shore up, some­where between exile and asy­lum, scratch­ing a liv­ing together, walk­ing the city streets col­lect­ing empty cans and used card­board boxes to sell by the weight. They tell us about their past, social inter­ac­tions and about two worlds; the world where they live and the one they only walk through. Japan, the abstract machine. Their words cre­ate a new vision of Tokyo, speak­ing from the edge they talk about the centre.
Directed by Olivier Nourisson & Kenji Lefèvre-Hasegawa

JAPAN: BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI: WORLD'S LARGEST BANK OPENS

Jap/Eng/Nat
The world's largest bank has opened for business.
The newBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has more than U-S 770 (b) billion dollars worth of assets - more than many countries.
A ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday officially opened the world's largest bank.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has been created as a result of a merger between Mitsubishi Bank and the Bank of Tokyo (B-O-T).
Its assets are what makes it so big.
The new bank, with its headquarters at the former Mitsubishi Bank's main office in Tokyo's Marunouchi area, holds total assets of about U-S 770 (b) billion dollars and operating funds of some U-S 530 (b) billion dollars.
Former B-O-T President, Tasuku Takagaki, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the new bank with Tsuneo Wakai, former head of Mitsubishi Bank, as chairman.
The bank employs around 21 thousand people and started operating on Monday with 366 domestic branches and 83 overseas branches open for business.
With a strong domestic retail base and extended international network, the bank is expected to become Japan's first universal bank with comprehensive services ranging from trust business to derivative trading.
Mitsubishi Bank has expertise and experience in retail banking, while the Bank of Tokyo has been known as Japan's most cosmopolitan bank for its international banking operations.
The new chief executive says Japan was being left behind in the new corporate world of mega mergers.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
The Japanese financial industry is starting to catch up with the world trend of merging.
SUPERCAPTION: Tasuku Takagaki, Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Other contributing factors behind the merger were waning public confidence in Japan's banking sector because of bad debts and a series of Japanese financial institutions collapsing.
SOUNDBITE:(Japanese)
Japanese customers are demanding better ethics in the industry and we are answering this demand.
SUPER CAPTION: Tsuneo Wakai, Chairman Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Financial analysts see a bright future for the new bank.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The key issue is that their goal, I believe, the bank's goal I believe is to become amongst the top ten banks in the world on a variety of different measures no just size. And they will be working to do this by improving their efficiency, by broadening the current products set to a wider array of customers and by becoming a little bit more active the global market place.
SUPER CAPTION: ElizabethDaniels, Analyst, Morgan StanleyBank
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi says it will have an expanded network of branches in and out of Japan and will be able to provide financial services and information in various parts of the world.
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Japanese bank starts using pint-sized robot as bank teller

Japanese bank looks to use small new robot to greet customers at a Tokyo branch.
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One of Japan's megabanks Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ showcased a robot bank teller on Monday (April 13) at its downtown Tokyo branch in the hope that the multilingual robot will help foreign customers during the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
NAO, the programmable 58 cm mini-robot, is equipped with multiple sensors, and responds to customer requests with pre-recorded responses. It currently speaks Japanese, Chinese, and English.
"Currently in a lot of branches there are cases where quite a few customers don't speak Japanese or English and so we can have Nao do an initial check (on their needs) so that it can lead to a trouble-free setting up of an account or other carrying out of other administrative issues," Tadashi Betto, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Chief Manager of eBusiness and IT Initiatives Division, told reporters.
Surrounded by media, NAO performed Tai-chi before a few customers stepped forward and had conversations with the humanoid robot.
"He's quite cute," said one unidentified customer, "So having him around is actually quite good for the soul especially as banks normally tend to be quite quiet."
NAO is produced by French robot maker Aldebaran Robotics.
The robotics company also makes telecom giant SoftBank Corp's "Pepper."